- #1 Dream:scape Remastered
97% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Speedbump Studio
Windows
Explore a surreal dream world built from one man’s memories in this remastered story-rich first-person mystery/adventure.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Walking Simulator 19.8%, Visual Novel 15.4%, First-Person 7.1%, Exploration 6.6%
- #2 A Play Game
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: TRHART
Windows
An immersive storytelling experience that gives you the freedom to roam and explore a large and mysterious building at your own pace while an interwoven narrative plays out around you. Rewind time and watch each story from every angle.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.6%, Interactive Fiction 20.7%, Stylized 9.6%, Emotional 8.7%, First-Person 6.6%
- #3 The Haunting of Joni Evers
96% matchVery Positive91% of 161 reviews2025
Dev: Causeway Studios
Windows · Mac
The Haunting of Joni Evers is a dark supernatural mystery about a broken family from small-town Oklahoma. Haunted by a specter that's hunted her family for generations, Joni must uncover the mysteries of the Cunningham House, dig through lost memories, and face the past to break the curse.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Emotional 9.9%, Story Rich 7.3%
- #4 Road 96: Mile 0
95% matchMixed68% of 1,995 reviews2023
Dev: Digixart
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 67%
The prequel to Road 96. Play Zoe and Kaito where it all started. Change their destinies!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Conversation 11.6%, Emotional 8.1%
- #5 Don't Forget
94% matchVery Positive96% of 260 reviews2024
Dev: Evie VerstappenPub: Hogeschool West-Vlaanderen
Windows · Mac · Linux
Don’t Forget is a 3D singleplayer story and exploration game inspired by dementia. Recollect your memories by looking for clues and playing brain-stimulating minigames whilst battling the effects of dementia. Explore three different key events of your life to figure out what has happened.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.2%, Walking Simulator 17.2%, Emotional 14.5%, Hand-drawn 12.5%, Story Rich 9.1%
- #6 In Waiting
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CynicalMonkeys
Windows
In Waiting is a first-person psychological horror game where you explore a haunted manor guided by Eleanor, an AI-powered ghost. Solve puzzles, uncover dark secrets, and experience true AI conversations that run 100% on your device with zero data collection.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.6%, Walking Simulator 18.2%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Casual 8%, Emotional 7.6%
- #7 Aelwater
93% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Yeariver
Windows
Memory has weight. The departed are not gone. Step into a village drowned by flood and memory, and search for the final answer about guardianship and farewell among the shattered past.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Visual Novel 15%, First-Person 8%, Exploration 7.8%
- #8 I Promise
92% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Sporework Studios
Windows
As a father, you explore the empty home of your estranged daughter, Amy, after her death. Piece together the life you missed…one memory at a time. Follow the journey of regret and reconciliation as you try to comprehend the world she built without you.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Walking Simulator 19%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Emotional 9.3%, Exploration 7.9%
- #9 One Last Memory
91% matchMixed64% of 36 reviews2021
Dev: EpiXR Games UG
Windows
One Last Memory is an emotional story driven exploration game about an old man who re-discovers his own past and lost memories on his journey through the beauty of nature. It is an adventure filled with joy, sadness and breathtaking locations and environments that are waiting to be discovered.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.5%, Interactive Fiction 22.5%, Emotional 8.8%, First-Person 8.4%, Drama 8.1%
- #10 Ordinary Day
91% matchVery Positive89% of 82 reviews2023
Dev: Late Night Studios
Windows · Linux
In this not so ordinary psychological horror your soul is bound from birth to fufil a singular purpose. Suffering a loss that has kicked in motion the bindings of your destiny, enter Ordinary Day.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Conversation 13.3%, Hand-drawn 10.5%, First-Person 8.1%, Emotional 7.2%
- #11 The Falling Star
90% matchPositive86% of 35 reviews2025
Dev: Yeariver
Windows
The Falling Star is a first-person exploration and narrative-driven walking simulator. Following the mother's last wish, the girl embarks on a journey in a dream to uncover the story of her missing aunt’s past.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28%, Story Rich 13.5%, Exploration 12.4%, Visual Novel 9%, Casual 8.9%
- #12 Motel Styx
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cassandra's Curse Studio
Windows · Mac
Play as three guests of the rundown Motel Styx, overseen by the charming yet guarded Charon (and their cat). Explore your surroundings to uncover Charon's past and forever alter the future of the motel.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Walking Simulator 18.5%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Conversation 11.7%, Exploration 7.5%
- #13 Ashes
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Plot Twist Australia
Windows · Mac
After witnessing a murder, 16-year-old skater Azar Warren seeks refuge with her estranged grandfather on his rural compound, only to suspect he may be more dangerous than her pursuers. Ashes blends graphic novel panels with interactive puzzles in a story of murder and unease.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.9%, Visual Novel 19.5%, Story Rich 13.9%, Emotional 9.3%, Drama 7.1%
- #14 The Painting
88% matchVery Positive99% of 69 reviews2024
Dev: Tymedust Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short, emotional visual novel following a grieving man who relives memories of days long gone. An exploration of loss presented honestly and kinetically.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Emotional 15.3%, Hand-drawn 12.5%, Drama 9.8%
- #15 This Warm Place
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wundev
Windows
Be the person you needed. Brew tea, listen well, and guide branching stories in a narrative slice-of-life about showing up when it matters. No perfect answers. Only your choices and what they set in motion.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Emotional 15%, Conversation 14.3%, Hand-drawn 10.4%
- #16 After Juice: Animal Disco Mafia
86% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2026
Dev: Virtual Seed
Windows · Linux
Welcome to this graphic adventure! You become in a little hámter 🐹 called Tofu. You will live together a lot of adventures from de university nights, clearly a city full of party and mistery, a lot of humor and bad jokes, but above all..... Dru.... i mean, SUGAR!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Visual Novel 19.1%, Conversation 18.5%, Hand-drawn 11.9%, Stylized 7.3%
- #17 There Is Nothing There
85% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Lupercal
Windows · Mac
Narrative-driven psychological horror set in a confined apartment. Explore, interact with everyday objects, and notice increasingly unsettling changes around you. Your small, everyday choices will shape your future and define your ending. A debut title created by a solo developer.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.4%, Walking Simulator 19.8%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Emotional 7.2%, First-Person 7%
- #18 Aletta - Visual Novel
86% matchNo user reviews2022
Dev: Haocheng YangPub: Chocolate Manor
Windows
An adventure visual novel with a pixel art style. About ghosts, past love, and a world of the unconscious.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.9%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Hand-drawn 15.5%, Emotional 9.5%, Stylized 8.2%
- #19 Ferryman of Wangchuan: River of Delusion
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lingering Warmth Studio
Windows
First-person boat through the River of Wangchuan, lantern in hand—cut through the fog and chase scattered memory shards. You ferry a General toward the far shore, only to witness the massacre he committed to resurrect the Princess. In the end, who are you—the ferryman, or the General himself?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.3%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Emotional 10.3%, Story Rich 10.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%
- #20 Last Signal
83% matchMostly Positive76% of 45 reviews2024
Dev: Under Heaven Studios
Windows
Last Signal is a short, story-driven, walking simulator visual novel. On a mysterious journey through space, astronaut Adam 'Echo' Winters awakens in an abandoned station with amnesia. He must unravel the secrets of the station, where reality and illusion are intertwined.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.1%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Story Rich 8.3%, Exploration 6.9%
- #21 Russian Train Trip 3
84% matchMixed54% of 24 reviews2023
Dev: Stop-TussiN
Windows
A first-person adventure game with a deep plot. You have to get from Tyumen to Novosibirsk on a passenger train. You can look out the window and watch the changing nature, weather and architecture. You can see forests, fields, mountains, cities and villages.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.3%, Walking Simulator 14.2%, Story Rich 13.4%, Stylized 9%, Exploration 9%
- #22 <FAIL.safe>
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stray Kite Studios
Windows
Talk is cheap. Trust is earned. You are stuck on The Destin, a forsaken starship on the brink of oblivion that is controlled by Novah, a sentient AI who holds the key to your survival. Befriend, manipulate, deceive, and persuade your way to freedom in this sci-fi narrative adventure.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.1%, Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Emotional 12.3%, First-Person 8.2%, Conversation 8.1%
- #23 Broken Aperture
81% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Dinobyte Softworks LLC
Windows
In Broken Aperture, players explore Freya's emotional journey through beautifully crafted environments, solving puzzles to uncover hidden memories. This narrative-driven game delves into themes of grief, memory, and self-discovery,
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27%, First-Person 12%, Story Rich 11.7%, Stylized 10.8%, Exploration 7.9%
- #24 Meet Her There
82% matchPositive92% of 37 reviews2023
Dev: Sinisthesis
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short, intense, dark visual narrative in 2 colors. You are stuck reliving a single day, over and over. Explore a tiny, giant world of a relationship between two people. Don't get arrested. Try to reach the person you love and escape the cursed time loop. Is it not too late?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Walking Simulator 18.6%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Story Rich 10.4%, Emotional 7.8%
- #25 Phantoms
81% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Ikuku
Windows
A kinetic visual novel about an ex-archeologist, ex-professor, always-a-poet and now burglar taking his second ever case to crack open a Soul Box after a reporter from the news blows his brains out during a live broadcast.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22%, Hand-drawn 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Story Rich 12.3%, Emotional 11.3%
- #26 Adulting
80% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Marie-Christin AufingerPub: Adults in Training
Windows
Growing older has nothing to do with feeling grown up. Face the challenges of adulthood with Liv, Albert and Finja in this interactive visual novel by exploring their everyday lives through point-and-click interactions as well as mini games and figure out the secrets of how to be an adult!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Hand-drawn 12.4%, Emotional 10.7%, Conversation 8.7%
- #27 Sheeps
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cardboard Animal
Windows
Kill a sheep - Feed it to a tree - Listen to a poem. Sheeps is a poem-based adventure in a small open-world. Find 200+ poems contained within the sheeps roaming the world. As more poems are read, explore more of the world and interact with the characters from the poems.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.9%, Visual Novel 23.2%, Exploration 12.8%, First-Person 10.6%, Story Rich 6.8%
- #28 For Her
78% matchPositive93% of 42 reviews2025
Dev: Matthew
Windows
For Her is a single-player, story-driven psychological horror game that delves into the depths of morality, sacrifice, and the human psyche. You play as David Hill, a dedicated police officer in Dismas City. A loving husband and father, David always puts his family first, no matter the cost.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.4%, First-Person 10.4%, Conversation 9.6%, Stylized 9.6%, Supernatural 7.4%
- #29 Insanias
78% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2023
Dev: Federico Serafini
Windows
Insanias is a psychological horror game where you will have to explore what happened to find a hidden truth. To do this, you will have to be able to control your sanity to avoid falling into the madness that lurks in every corner. Are you ready to face your fears and discover the truth?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.2%, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Emotional 11.3%, Story Rich 9.2%, First-Person 8.1%
- #30 Lost Brothers
79% matchMostly Negative38% of 63 reviews2021
Dev: BitLight
Windows
Lost Brothers is a single-player first-person adventure, taking place in an abandoned mine. All you have is a walkie-talkie and a map. Explore a mysterious forest and a labyrinth of underground passages to rescue a mysterious lady.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.6%, Emotional 16.4%, First-Person 11.1%, Drama 10.4%, Visual Novel 9.3%
- #31 City of Dolorosa
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Cuelebre Cult
Windows
You've just died—and your trial for the ultimate sin begins. City of Dolorosa is an interactive fiction and first-person exploration game with handmade india ink graphics. Meet the Five Great Powers and uncover all the secrets that lie within Dolorosa, the cruelest city in Hell.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Hand-drawn 14.8%, Conversation 9.3%
- #32 Don't Stop Looking
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CroWn Studios
Windows
Alex and Jade, a young couple who just arrived in Mason Ridge, decide to host a friend temporarily. One day, they receive a package intended for him and, when they open it, find something unexpected that transforms their night in unimaginable ways.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.5%, Interactive Fiction 21.6%, First-Person 8.3%, Exploration 7.9%, Conversation 7.2%
- #33 The Tiny World
75% matchPositive95% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: Remus
Windows
The Tiny World is a drama visual novel. A New Year's story about a long separation from home, family, friends, and tears freezing in the cold.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.3%, Visual Novel 21.4%, Hand-drawn 11.7%, Drama 10.4%, Casual 9.8%
- #34 Carry Onward
76% matchPositive83% of 42 reviews2023
Dev: Andrey Chudaev
Windows
Carry Onward is a narrative gameplay short that follows a grieving man as he packs up his home. Immerse yourself in his thoughts and emotions by interacting with items, which shape his internal state. Experience the transformative power of memories and the hope that arises from embracing change.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Emotional 14.3%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Story Rich 9.3%
- #35 The Elysian Field
77% matchPositive82% of 17 reviews2021
Dev: Faizaan Alam
Windows
A gorgeous 3rd person casual adventure game centred around a dying soldier wondering through the elysian field witnessing the final moments of those already gone before leaving his own final mark. Uncover memories and a final conversation before laying to rest.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Emotional 16.2%, Stylized 9.4%, Casual 9.3%
- #36 Library Game
75% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Sophie FischerPub: The Spoon Solutions
Windows
Enter a world where books spring to life. A beautiful Journey about forgiveness and Books awaits you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.6%, Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Emotional 13.2%, Stylized 9.8%, First-Person 9.1%
- #37 Imagine We Were Human
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Vine Moss GamesPub: pklwrks
Windows · Mac
A compilation of 12 small literary games about humans meeting and missing one another. Explore these experimental experiences that were made on a monthly basis over the course of a year.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.4%, Visual Novel 19.5%, Conversation 13.9%, Hand-drawn 8.3%, Story Rich 7.2%
- #38 Condo
72% matchVery Positive98% of 203 reviews2025
Dev: FlubbedMachina
Windows · Mac
Unable to sleep, you navigate a quiet condo complex. There's no rush - just you, the building, its inhabitants, and the stories they hold.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, First-Person 11.5%, Exploration 11.1%, Emotional 10.5%
- #39 Tails Noir Preludes
73% matchVery Positive92% of 297 reviews2023
Dev: EggnutPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Tails Noir Preludes is a post-noir narrative adventure with branching choices. It is an intertwined series of vignettes about change, circumstance, and consequence. Guide four characters through formative moments in their lives in a dystopian Vancouver inhabited by anthropomorphic animals.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.2%, Conversation 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Emotional 12%, Story Rich 8%
- #40 AIXIN: Goddess' Love
72% matchPositive97% of 30 reviews2025
Dev: 7th Ascension
Windows
A short visual novel about a warrior with a dark past and a radiant goddess who are confronted with a shocking challenge that will change their lives forever, forcing them to reconsider their views on such a complex and contradictory feeling as love.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.5%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Emotional 14%, Hand-drawn 12.4%, Drama 10.6%
- #41 For Old Time's Sake
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: pond interactive
Windows · Linux
For old times sake is a wholesome roleplaying game about a student historian investigating a forgery. scoot and jump to explore the big open world and speak with the locals to solve the mystery!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.3%, Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Conversation 12.1%, Hand-drawn 8.9%, First-Person 7.9%
- #42 Malyshka
74% matchPositive82% of 44 reviews2022
Dev: Rat Room Games
Windows
From the sunken depths of a quiet lake, your heart pulls you to the surface; a doll awaits your ghostly form on the shore. Who are you? Why are you here? Discover the sleepy town of Tikhiyavoda, its community, and most of all, yourself.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.3%, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Hand-drawn 13.4%, Stylized 8.8%
- #43 The Hobo Complex
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Iron Interactive Games
Windows
The Hobo Complex is a first-person psychological horror game delving into drug addiction, homelessness and the reasons that might have caused it. Traverse varied, eerie settings while uncovering the truth behind where your girlfriend went after leaving you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.6%, Interactive Fiction 23.9%, Emotional 11.3%, Stylized 9.2%, First-Person 9%
- #44 The Last Summer 那年夏末
71% matchVery Positive92% of 108 reviews2024
Dev: Seven Tales StudioPub: WindField Games
Windows
这是一个关于遗憾与成长的故事。男生的思绪不断回到17岁的夏天,在一次次回忆与抉择中徘徊,是去尝试弥补遗憾?还是在释然间体会成长的意义?回忆中的她会在那等我吗?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Emotional 15.9%, Hand-drawn 14%, Conversation 10.1%
- #45 r u n a w a y s
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nøreign
Windows
Runaways is a top-down visual novel about two lost teens on the run, escaping abuse and searching for a new beginning in the quiet depths of the unforgiving city night.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Drama 11.7%, Story Rich 7.4%
- #46 Recurring Dream
71% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Grow Now!
Windows
Recurring Dream is a short, atmospheric walking simulator where you revisit a cold, majestic mountain lost in memory and longing. Explore the surreal, dreamlike landscapes as you search for a loved one, unravelling a deeply emotional story.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.9%, Emotional 12.9%, Casual 10.8%, Exploration 10.4%, First-Person 9.4%
- #47 What Remains of Edith Finch
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 49,863 reviews2017
Dev: Giant SparrowPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of strange tales about a family in Washington state. As Edith, you’ll explore the colossal Finch house, searching for stories as she explores her family history and tries to figure out why she's the last one in her family left alive.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.6%, Story Rich 19.9%, First-Person 9.3%, Mystery 8.6%, Atmospheric 7.8%
- #48 SOMETHING AMAZING ROOM
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tidal C
Windows
This game is not normal. It has no traditional gameplay loop or world format. In the game, you walk through a room. Each one is just as different as the last. You learn about the people who inhabit the world, known as Meeples, and you learn about the dark secret behind the world.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.2%, Walking Simulator 25.6%, Visual Novel 20%, Exploration 8.5%, Conversation 7.5%
- #49 Runo
70% matchVery Positive92% of 564 reviews2021
Dev: runogamePub: Srsface Studios
Windows
A walking simulator about dear memories, overcoming obstacles, and finding your path. Experience a story inspired by finno-karelian folklore.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.2%, First-Person 11.3%, Story Rich 11.1%, Exploration 10.8%, Supernatural 7.6%
- #50 Unknown Call: Ohio
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Arachnocoder
Windows
You wake up in an empty forest in Ohio. A voice calls you. Says you're friends. Says you need to get out. But the signal keeps breaking, and so does your memory. Your friend will guide you from a distance, but he can't save you. Escape the creatures in the dark and find your friend.
Why similar: Conversation 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Emotional 11.9%, Mystery 8.1%, Exploration 7%
- #51 Вторая степень покоя
67% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2025
Dev: Marina Buttenko
Windows
Read words and make choices as you immerse yourself in the adventures inside the protagonist's head. This dark visual novel tells the story of a lost man among corpses in a northern Russian town. Will you help the hero find a good ending? I don't know what to do with him anymore.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.6%, Visual Novel 21.8%, Hand-drawn 17.5%, Stylized 10.9%, Casual 10.3%
- #52 Below the Underworld
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nick van 't End
Windows
Below the Underworld is a story-driven, artistic walking simulator where you play as Jing, a boy shaped by childhood bullying and trauma. Guided by light, you explore surreal dreamscapes, confront symbolic inner shadows, on a journey of fear, memory, and healing.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.4%, Visual Novel 20.4%, Emotional 10.2%, Casual 9.3%, Exploration 8.6%
- #53 John's Tombstone
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bigboot Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Drive inside a dream, explore one of Saturn's moons, and discover the afterlife. John's Tombstone is a walking simulator; a story split in three chapters, each chapter very different from the other. It's a sci-fi story with some emotional overtones.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Emotional 13.2%, Story Rich 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 8%
- #54 Lost in Blindness
69% matchPositive94% of 34 reviews2021
Dev: Unseen Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Have you ever wondered if you could play a video game, without even looking at the screen? What if you played this unique sound-based adventure game, without even seeing anything!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.4%, Story Rich 14.2%, Emotional 13.9%, Exploration 13%, Conversation 12.6%
- #55 Too Real
66% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: partingZSSII
Windows
A short, hand-drawn narrative about memory, loss, and final conversations. Explore the quiet streets of the past and decide what you're ready to let go.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.7%, Hand-drawn 18.3%, Emotional 16.6%, Story Rich 12.6%, Conversation 12.1%
- #56 Rusts Of Corruption
67% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: Dr. Puzzler
Windows · Mac
You've mysteriously awoken on an isolated island on an unknown world. A corrupting force spreads through the island, leaving only a short amount of time to learn about the islands mysteries... Who will you meet? What will you learn? Are you ready to see the world die?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Walking Simulator 19.1%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Hand-drawn 10.7%, Emotional 9.2%
- #57 BlueLine
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: The BlueLine Team
Windows
A visual interactive story about Blue, who is expected to be successful at work, be a good boyfriend, and at the same time... be happy.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Emotional 14.1%, Hand-drawn 12.2%, Conversation 11.4%
- #58 A Pigeon Detective Game: Twin Beaks
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alex Taylor
Windows
A Pigeon Detective Game: Twin Beaks is a 3rd person, murder-mystery novel game. Explore a surreal village as you investigate the death of the town's delivery pigeon. Utilise your sleuthing skills to uncover the secrets and mysteries of the residents of Twin Beaks.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.4%, Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Mystery 8.7%, Exploration 7.5%
- #59 Fragments of Him
69% matchVery Positive84% of 146 reviews2016
Dev: Sassybot
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
An emotional and immersive game about a man named Will and the people close to him. Experience his life through a story about love, memories and hope.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Emotional 9.5%, Story Rich 8.5%
- #60 Haunted Property
65% matchVery Positive93% of 180 reviews2025
Dev: Yamoto
Windows
A new life begins in a low-cost apartment. Strange occurrences at night and the suspicious behavior of neighbors gradually push the protagonist to the edge.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.7%, Walking Simulator 27.9%, Casual 10.5%, First-Person 8.6%, Psychological Horror 5.8%